Re: FVWM: Re: a strict bug-fix release

From: Dominik Vogt <dominik.vogt_at_gmx.de>
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 21:33:46 +0200

On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 12:17:23AM -0500, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:
> >>>>> "TF" == Tim Freedom <tim_freedom_at_hotmail.com> writes:
>
> TF> I was ready to submit a bug/enhancement request regarding something
> TF> that I posted awhile back and peered at fvwm's bugzilla; to my
> TF> surprise there are lots of bugs/requests outstanding (some from
> TF> '98 :-).

The one problem I see that was reported in '98 is that obnoxious
FvwmTasbBar AutoHide feature. I guess that will never be fixed
but instead be implemented in fvwm's core some day. This is why
the report was never closed.

> Uh, I think you're misreading something. The one confirmed bug still open
> from '98 that is still open is marked "fixed in 2.1.5" in November of that
> year but was never closed, probably because the submitter never reported
> back on whether the fix worked or not. There really aren't that many open
> bugs. Are you misunderstanding the meanings of the various categories of
> cleared bugs?
>
> BTW, to be pedantic, we aren't running Bugzilla, we're running Jitterbug.
>
> TF> Are there any plans for an fvwm release addressing all those bugs
> TF> and enhancement requests (ie. strictly a bug-fix release) ?
>
> Well, bugs will be fixed in 2.4.1.
>
> TF> Has anyone gone though all those bugzilla postings ??
>
> They're being goen through all the time. The fact that there are only 25
> new and 6 confirmed while there are over 500 cleared reports should tell
> you something.

Well, most things in Jitterbug were already fixed. There *are* a
lot of bug reports lying on my disk that are not in Jitterbug
though. The current statistics look a little nicer.

Bye

Dominik ^_^ ^_^

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Dominik Vogt, dominik.vogt_at_gmx.de
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